The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.